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8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

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8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Gettysburg8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Gettysburg
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8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Gettysburg8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Gettysburg
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First Shot Marker at Gettysburg.jpgFirst Shot Marker at Gettysburg.jpg
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Niblock, John - Page 1Niblock, John - Page 1
US, Civil War Service Index (CMSR) - Union - Illinois, 1861-1865
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Wedemier, Henry - Page 1Wedemier, Henry - Page 1
US, Civil War Service Index (CMSR) - Union - Illinois, 1861-1865
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Waite, Bruce W - Page 1Waite, Bruce W - Page 1
US, Civil War Service Index (CMSR) - Union - Illinois, 1861-1865
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Battle of FredericksburgBattle of Fredericksburg
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MemorialOct 22, 2013
Battle of GettysburgBattle of Gettysburg
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David D DiffenbaughDavid D Diffenbaugh
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MemorialOct 17, 2013
8th New York Cavalry Regiment8th New York Cavalry Regiment
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Horace CapronHorace Capron
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Horace MessengerHorace Messenger
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Emeric PolsomEmeric Polsom
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Lyman DennisLyman Dennis
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Mathias NiesonMathias Nieson
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Reuben S PittengerReuben S Pittenger
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MemorialOct 19, 2013
William WeedWilliam Weed
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MemorialOct 20, 2013
Nicholas SchlesserNicholas Schlesser
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MemorialOct 19, 2013
Battle of ChancellorsvilleBattle of Chancellorsville
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Austin MartinAustin Martin
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Delos P MartinDelos P Martin
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8th Illinois Cavalry Wikipedia Page
8th Illinois Cavalry
Regiment Details - 8th Illinois Cavalry
Search For Soldiers - 8th Illinois Cavalry
Sumner's Division, Army of the Potomac; at Alexandria, Va.
Cavalry, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
 Averill's Cavalry Brigade, 5th Army Corps
2nd Brigade, Stoneman's Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac
1st Brigade, Pleasanton's Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac
1st Brigade, 1st Division Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac
Major John Beveridge
Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac
1st Separate Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, Department of Washington
map
8th Illinois Cavalry 
8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment 
 ignited a controversy that raged for years
9th New York Cavalry
http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/Other/Firstshot.php
8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
5th Alabama Battalion
13th Alabama Regiment
13th Alabama Infantry
photos of the monument
map to its location
17th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Sixth
Ninth New York Cavalry
9th New York
bronze relief of a cavalry scout entitled, "Discovering the enemy, 
http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/NY/9NYCav.php
8th Illinois
9th New York's inscriptions
Ninth New York
8th Illinois Cavalry
8th Illinois Cavalry monument
8th New York Cavalry monument 
http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/IL/8IlCav.php
http://ironbrigader.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Map-of-the-Battle-of-Monocacy.jpg

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nikkibyrdbaker365Elias Henry Ditzler was my 2nd great grandfather - in Company E from Naperville, IL - other